October 30, 2008
Bowling
Green, Ky. - The Southern Kentucky Book Fest partners, along with Western Kentucky University Athletics and Charles M. Moore Insurance will present “Books & Baskets” at the Lady Toppers’ home game on Nov. 14.
The Lady Toppers season opener against Murray State will start at 8 p.m. Fans who donate a new or gently used children’s book can receive one free reserved ticket to the game. Book collection will begin at Entrances 1 or 4 at Diddle Arena at 7 p.m. Donated books will be given to area organizations that support children in need.
The collaboration was prompted by Coach Mary Taylor Cowles’ soon to be released children’s book “Dream Big!” which is about her lifelong goal to be a Lady Topper. WKU received a grant earlier this year from the NCAA to produce the book that will be distributed free to children in grades 3-5 in Bowling Green and Warren County schools. Drobocky Orthodontics is the book sponsor.
In addition to the “Books & Baskets” event, Coach Cowles will appear at schools in Logan County as part of the Book Fest partners “Fall into Books” authors event the following week.
“Fall into Books” will take place Nov. 17-21. The Book Fest partners, with Citizens First Bank, will sponsor visits to area schools by notable children’s authors Mary Downing Hahn, Pam Walker and John Adams. Adams is a 2008 winner of the WKU Libraries’ Evelyn Thurman Young Readers Book Award. The Book Fest partners will also purchase and distribute free books by these authors to students at some of the neediest schools that receive author visits.
SOKY Book Fest is a partnership project of WKU Libraries, Warren County Public Library, and Barnes & Noble Booksellers. The partnership’s mission is to encourage reading and the love of books and to be a positive force in promoting literacy in the region and state.
For information, visit www.sokybookfest.org or contact Tracy Harkins at (270) 745-5016.
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For information, contact Tracy Harkins at (270) 745-5016.
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